STANDARD NOTES 3-5

STANDARD 3 NOTES

-Multimedia-
~Combining 2 or more technologies together
~Your portfolio is multimedia
~A meeting combining telephones, television, the internet, and computers ismultimedia

-Computer Terms-
~Kilobyte: thousand
~Megabyte: million
~Gigabyte: billion
~Terabyte: trillion

-Central Processing Unit (CPU)-
~CPU's are the brains of the computer
~The better processor, the faster it is

-Local Area Network (LAN)-
~Shared server, hardware, printer, can communicate w/ each other
~Our lab is a LAN

-Random-Access Memory (RAM)-
~temporary memory in a computer

-Read-Only Memory (ROM)-
~permanent memory in a computer (like the operating system)

-Computer Numerical Control (CNC)-
~computer takes control and makes products

STANDARD 4 NOTES

-Orthographic Projecion-
~a way to represent a 3-D object in 2-D
~it shows several views

-Perspective-
~the appearance an area has if you were looking at it

-Graph-
~shows info. visually

-Sequence Diagram-
~shows the order/steps of how to so something

STANDARD 5 NOTES

-Integrated Circuit-
~contains hundreds of parts
~a complex set of electronic components that are on a tiny slice of semiconducting material

-Circuit Breaker-
~protects houses, schools, and all buildings with electricity from an electrical overload

-Conductor-
~carries electricity

-Reciprocating-
~a back and forth, or up and down motion which repeats over and over again

-Rotary Motion-
~motion that goes in a circle

-Oscillating Motion-
~motion that moves along a path- then returns on the same path
~man-made

-Hydraulic System-
~machines and tools that use fluid or oil

-Pneumatics-
~uses air to work

-Mechanical Design-
~using the design cycle to build machines

-Triangles-
~makes the most solid structures

-Casting-
~melting metal, glass, or plastic and pouring it into a mold
~when it cools its a solid object

-Dynamic Load-
~the load/weight changes

-Shearing-
~cutting metal

-Torsion-
~twisting

-Pressing-
~applying pressure

-Bending-
~taking a straight object and curving it

-Forging-
~shaping metal by heating it up

-Construction Technology-
~the building of something

-Communication Technology-
~using technology to communicate

-Manufacturing Technology-
~making something on a mass scale

-Transportation Technology-
~technology that moves people and/or things